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Deal with it. I think there's what, 2 active duty guys here plus an airdale that randomly posts in here? Do what you want-I got memos and poo poo to write.
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# ? Oct 1, 2014 23:44 |
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# ? May 11, 2024 11:07 |
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nwin posted:Deal with it. please fill me in on the nasty rumors I hear about them centralizing SKs at area commands
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# ? Oct 2, 2014 00:19 |
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krispykremessuck posted:please fill me in on the nasty rumors I hear about them centralizing SKs at area commands Haven't heard anything, though I'm not exactly in the loop on most things. That's...interesting though.
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# ? Oct 2, 2014 00:53 |
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nwin posted:Haven't heard anything, though I'm not exactly in the loop on most things. That's...interesting though. It's been a persistent and hard to kill rumor for a long time, the idea has made it around the various SKCMs quite a bit, and was at least at the RFMC level last I knew. I had heard from a chief pal of mine that they were piloting it with YNs to see how it would work out. I'm assuming with YNs no one will notice their absence, and people will assume the same about SKs. I predict (if it happens) absolute disaster. The only thing worse than an SK is two of them in the same room. If you remove them from commands you're not gonna get that billet back AND you will no longer have any recourse when they inevitably drop the ball for whatever reason. I'm skeptical of the idea obviously but it's just dumb enough that I believe someone is trying to do it.
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# ? Oct 2, 2014 01:02 |
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Been working out in a fairly regular manner. I am slowly becoming a slightly hunk of a man instead of a disgusting piece of blob. Also some old news from my home quote:Coast Guard Pilot To Plead Guilty In The Rape Of The Wife Of A Fellow Officer Those rascally airdales! Also the spanish news websites go into a little bit more detail on what he did to that poor woman that night.
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# ? Oct 2, 2014 01:14 |
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krispykremessuck posted:It's been a persistent and hard to kill rumor for a long time, the idea has made it around the various SKCMs quite a bit, and was at least at the RFMC level last I knew. I had heard from a chief pal of mine that they were piloting it with YNs to see how it would work out. I'm assuming with YNs no one will notice their absence, and people will assume the same about SKs. So who's gonna handle the ordering/budget/etc? Just get collateral'ed out? The ROSE model is what worries me the most. We're losing a bunch of billets for MK's that were in the Prevention department and that's going to hurt us next year. I don't like that MK's were ever given the billet to begin with since learning how to do a port state control exam does nothing for their career development (unless they might be trying for warrant), but since we're not gonna get a body to replace them that's gonna suck. It'd be one thing if the Commands were like 'Welp, obviously we can't do the same job with 5 people that we were able to do with 8 people...They'll have to settle for less" but..........yeah, that's not gonna happen. Most shocking thing-no new uniform items from the new COMDT yet.
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# ? Oct 2, 2014 01:17 |
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Holy poo poo that pilot. Welp.
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# ? Oct 2, 2014 01:19 |
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nwin posted:So who's gonna handle the ordering/budget/etc? Just get collateral'ed out? Well, the prevailing theory is that just like before Support Petty Officers, P-Card stuff can be a collateral. The budget is supposed to be in the hands of the XO/XPO in the first place, though not usually the way it is in practice. Property Officer is typically NOT (and shouldn't be) an SK at small commands, they're merely the administrator for Oracle FAMS. Funds Management/Administration can (and probably should in a lot of cases) be done remotely. Large procurement support is usually farmed out to a higher level of command anyway, so that wouldn't change. MILSTRIP stuff can be passed off to the next level of command if necessary, though ALMIS made a lot of that poo poo evaporate anyway. I could sell anyone on the idea. On paper it makes sense. But like anything else when dealing with people and systems, what it is on paper is not what it will be in execution. You ever call the travel center? Imagine that, only when you're out of poo poo-tickets or something is stopping you from getting underway. "The Coast Guard MLCLANT Customer Service Center is currently experiencing an abnormally high number of calls. Your estimated wait time for the next Supply Operator is 293 minutes." Now, multiply your pain times roughly a billion and you've got the average SK3's life at a call center. It's the death-knell of the rating, in my opinion (if it happens). With Audit Readiness being a major mission focus now, the correct solution is actually (unfortunately) more SKs. And to raise the bar for entrance to the rating. Also a change in culture (Coast Guard-wide). Since that'll never, ever, not-even-on-an-infinite-timeline happen... Well, you're all screwed if that does happen. It's cool though. I don't have to deal with uh ... well, that anymore. At least not that way. I still do. Now I get paid overtime, have sick leave, regular leave, comp time, a retirement that counts my mil-time and uh... You know what really is the cherry on the loving top of it all? Come Columbus Day I can celebrate the destruction of the aboriginal Americans for an extra day, and it'll only cost me 8 hours of annual leave instead of some bullshit how I have to take FOUR loving DAYS for an extra day.
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# ? Oct 2, 2014 02:12 |
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But here's the thing, the program will work out wonderfully for the former warrant officer civilians who manage the civilian portion. Their budgets will grow and they will have latched onto the military in another way for eternity.
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# ? Oct 2, 2014 05:06 |
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I think we need to civilianize prevention. Actual operations like SAR and LE can stay the same but inspections, waterways, planning...all that stuff needs to go the GS way of life.
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# ? Oct 2, 2014 11:27 |
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VTS here in San Francisco is mostly civilian workers with a sprinkling of coasties.
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# ? Oct 2, 2014 16:15 |
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nwin posted:I think we need to civilianize prevention. Actual operations like SAR and LE can stay the same but inspections, waterways, planning...all that stuff needs to go the GS way of life. It's been talked about before. There was a big discussion about it when I was in the M field. The long and short of it is that it's too expensive to do that way, generally. On paper you may save some money, but you don't have the same versatility with General Schedule employees as you do with military people. A military body is super expensive in terms of raw cost, but they don't have bargaining rights or much in the way of labor protections. Not true on the civ-service side. Mr. Nice! posted:But here's the thing, the program will work out wonderfully for the former warrant officer civilians who manage the civilian portion. Their budgets will grow and they will have latched onto the military in another way for eternity. I can't hate on that too much, I rolled right into a good position that way. Different agency with a whole host of other problems, but its a decent enough gig. All I can say is as hosed up as I thought DHS/CG was, DoD/DoN is about a billion times worse off for myriad reasons.
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# ? Oct 3, 2014 04:19 |
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Feedback on this please: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3670878
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# ? Oct 9, 2014 23:50 |
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:Feedback on this please: I ran one years ago, middling turnout but that was when GiP was in infancy.
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# ? Oct 10, 2014 03:05 |
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:Feedback on this please: Hey N41 Fleet Week is going on in San Francisco, there is probably prime grade enlisted male rear end you can jackhammer in here. Anyways, fleet week has been... interesting so far, just a poo poo ton of radio guards, some people calling to close their guards but I never had their guards and having dudes calling on 3 different frequencies. Hell we even had a vesel that was taking on water, sunk and all people on board where saved*! *Which I am happy about because this was: 1) My first SAR case I mostly worked by myself 2) My first PIW case where people actually lived
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# ? Oct 10, 2014 04:21 |
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ElMaligno posted:Hey N41 Fleet Week is going on in San Francisco, there is probably prime grade enlisted male rear end you can jackhammer in here. congrats on not getting someone killed, guardian
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# ? Oct 10, 2014 04:56 |
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krispykremessuck posted:congrats on not getting someone killed, guardian He is doing it wrong...thin the gene pool.
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# ? Oct 10, 2014 06:16 |
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Melthir posted:He is doing it wrong...thin the gene pool. All my previous cases involving people in the water none of them survived.
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# ? Oct 10, 2014 18:33 |
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ElMaligno posted:All my previous cases involving people in the water none of them survived. That sucks bro...the worst are kids when the parents dont put life jackets on them, I pray you never get one of those. Its hard not to punch the parents afterwards.
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# ? Oct 12, 2014 03:32 |
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So the LCDR results came out today, 67% selection. 2/3 of the people I knew going for it made it. I'll never get the way this poo poo works. The dude that got passed over was a DCO grad (engineer type) and went to the baltimore yards for his first tour as a JG, got accepted for grad school out of there, then had to do a payback at MSC where he earned his PE cert, and then came to Houston to work in Prevention with zero quals/operational experience. He completely kicked rear end and got a bunch of quals before he went for promotion, but ultimately got passed over. You'd think we would try to set people up for success and if they're doing everything you ask of em, they'd get promoted. Obviously I've got a ton to learn about this and the CG definitely has things figured out, just not the way I think it should. At least he's got plenty of high paying job offers being located in Houston with his experience.
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# ? Oct 16, 2014 23:42 |
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nwin posted:DCO grad passed over You should look at what percentage of people passed over weren't CGA guys if you really want to get depressed.
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# ? Oct 17, 2014 01:17 |
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krispykremessuck posted:You should look at what percentage of people passed over weren't CGA guys if you really want to get depressed. Though you also have to think that there's a lot of prior enlisted that commissioned with 10+ years in that don't give a gently caress about making it past LT, so that might sway the odds a tiny bit. That's not my case though.
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# ? Oct 17, 2014 01:51 |
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nwin posted:So the LCDR results came out today, 67% selection. 2/3 of the people I knew going for it made it. The amount of dick sucking and bickering in the officer world makes me happy i went enlisted with a degree.
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# ? Oct 17, 2014 02:34 |
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ElMaligno posted:The amount of dick sucking and bickering in the officer world makes me happy i went enlisted with a degree. Yeah because gently caress double the money and half the work.
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# ? Oct 17, 2014 03:10 |
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Mr. Nice! posted:Yeah because gently caress double the money and half the work. I know this and I'm still happy I enlisted with a degree and I have not pursued the path of becoming and officer after I enlisted. Then again maybe its because I have been surrounded by a good enlisted people and scummy officers that I am embittered by the idea of going to the dark side.
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# ? Oct 17, 2014 03:50 |
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There is no dark side or light side. There's one side, though, that makes a shitton more than the other though.
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# ? Oct 17, 2014 04:18 |
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nwin posted:Haha yeah-I think 'from enlisted status' was like 33%. Only people I knew with that attitude were CWO4 -> LT. Though I've seen some of those guys make it as far as CDR, but they definitely threw their weight around the whole time and pushed for it. I remember I got curious and looked once and it's loving hilarious how the register of officers looks re: accession point.
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# ? Oct 17, 2014 04:38 |
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Oh God, im being a complete nerd and enjoying command center school at yorktown. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck
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# ? Oct 21, 2014 22:14 |
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ElMaligno posted:Oh God, im being a complete nerd and enjoying command center school at yorktown. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck Think about what you just said....enjoying yorktown...you need help.
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# ? Oct 22, 2014 04:48 |
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Melthir posted:Think about what you just said....enjoying yorktown...you need help. I'm already beyond help. I mean waking up at 6, joining the zombie run and working out every day. Fuuuuuck
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# ? Oct 22, 2014 11:57 |
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Honestly I never minded Yorktown. As long as you have a car it's fine. If not, then may god have mercy on your soul.
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# ? Oct 23, 2014 20:35 |
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Elendil004 posted:Honestly I never minded Yorktown. As long as you have a car it's fine. If not, then may god have mercy on your soul. I don't have a car in here. The only thing I'm worried about is that the desperation will drive me to drink alcohol. Because I don't drink anymore.
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# ? Oct 23, 2014 20:45 |
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Find a friend!
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# ? Oct 23, 2014 21:19 |
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Even having a car there kind of sucks. It's the GTMO quandary. There are things to do, but after you do them once they don't bear repeating. I have friends in the Hampton Roads area so whenever I was there I just crashed at their place. Get a book.
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# ? Oct 24, 2014 04:01 |
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Go hang out with Grover
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# ? Oct 24, 2014 04:15 |
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Elendil004 posted:Go hang out with Grover Or kill yourself....same thing really.
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# ? Oct 24, 2014 04:31 |
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Elendil004 posted:Go hang out with Grover The pub is closer.
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# ? Oct 25, 2014 03:47 |
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Elendil004 posted:Go hang out with Grover Didn't you actually do this?
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# ? Oct 25, 2014 03:53 |
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Elendil004 posted:Go hang out with Grover I don't want him to steal my bones, so he can ground them up to dust and use it to spackle his lovely bathroom tiles.
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# ? Oct 25, 2014 03:58 |
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krispykremessuck posted:Didn't you actually do this? Yes, more than once.
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